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Report: Apple to ship new dream machine 15-inch MacBook Air in March

November 14, 2011 at 6:45 pm

Digitimes says we’ll only have to wait until March to get the long sought after 15 (and possibly 17) inch MacBook Airs. Upstream suppliers of Apple have recently started shipping a small volume of components for a 15-inch ultra-thin notebook model from Apple in November and the device could be either MacBook Air or just [...]

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Reminder: today is the last day of the grace period on AppleCare+ for the iPhone 4S

November 14, 2011 at 2:31 pm

Today is the last day you can purchase AppleCare+ for your iPhone 4S or iPhone 4, if you purchased it on October 14th or after. AppleCare+ was announced along with the iPhone 4S, and is available for $99 (two years). The plan not only gives you phone and genius bar support coverage, but also accidental damage coverage with a [...]

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Developers crack Siri’s security protocol to enable it with any device, though there’s a catch

November 14, 2011 at 12:54 pm

The developers over at Applidium are claiming they have cracked Siri’s security protocol, which could enable the speech recognition technology on any device. The possibilities of devices range from iPhone 4, to iPad, to Mac, to even Android. Last month we showed you Siri running on an iPhone 4 (seen above), but today the possibilities [...]

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Apple releases iTunes 10.5.1, Match is available now

November 14, 2011 at 9:22 am

Following the recent release of the iTunes 10.5.1 beta 3 to developers, Apple today started pushing out iTunes 10.5.1 to the public. You should see the update appearing in Software Update any second, otherwise it’s already available for download from Apple’s site here. Apple also confirmed the availability of iTunes Match in the U.S., with [...]

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iOS 5.0.1 causing new issues for some users, along with mixed results on battery life

November 14, 2011 at 7:39 am

iOS 5.0.1 was released last week with promises to fix the issue of battery life that has been plaguing many users and some security issues like the Smart Cover hack. As we originally reported, the update even left some of those without battery issues with quicker battery drains. Over the weekend, even more issues within iOS 5.0.1 [...]

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Gamers beware: Steam’s database hacked, including encrypted credit card information and passwords

November 10, 2011 at 6:11 pm

Popular game platform Steam, owned by Valve, has been hacked (via PC Gamer). Hackers were able to get into a Steam database, which included encrypted credit card information and passwords of many of its users. Steam isn’t sure at this point if the encryption of the credit card numbers or passwords have been obtained, but [...]

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